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This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created -- when the Lord God made the earth and heavens.

Verse ConceptsGod's Creationmakeup

The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow from the soil, every tree that was pleasing to look at and good for food. (Now the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil were in the middle of the orchard.)

Verse ConceptsKnowledge Of Good And EvilSprouting PlantsMetaphorical TreesKnowingSproutingBeauty Of ThingsFood DefinedKnowing Right And WrongHealing Of NationsAdam and eve disobey godnatural LifeBeauty Of NatureThe Beauty Of Nature

And the Lord God said, "Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?"

Verse ConceptsNaked In ShameEating Forbidden FoodTelling Of People's SituationsGod Forbidding

When humankind began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,

Verse ConceptsPeople MultiplyingPeople BeginningBuilding Relationships

The Nephilim were on the earth in those days (and also after this) when the sons of God were having sexual relations with the daughters of humankind, who gave birth to their children. They were the mighty heroes of old, the famous men.

Verse ConceptsGiantsAntediluviansBefore The FloodWarriorsMarital SexAngels As Sons Of GodMarital Sex BetweenAngels Interacting With PeoplePeople Have HonourInterracial MarriageSame Sex Marriageheroes

God saw the earth, and indeed it was ruined, for all living creatures on the earth were sinful.

Verse ConceptsCorruption, Of HumanityEvil TimesGod Seeing The WickedMan's Sinful NatureAll Have Sinnedcorruption

In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month -- on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

Verse ConceptsBefore The FloodGeologyThe DelugeCalendarsSudden DestructionMonth 2The Act Of OpeningOpening HeavenWindows Of HeavenThe Sea Stirred UpFloods

Those that entered were male and female, just as God commanded him. Then the Lord shut him in.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in OTTypes Of ChristShutting SecurelyShutting DoorsMale And Female Animals

The waters completely inundated the earth so that even all the high mountains under the entire sky were covered.

Verse ConceptsCovering The Earth

So the Lord destroyed every living thing that was on the surface of the ground, including people, animals, creatures that creep along the ground, and birds of the sky. They were wiped off the earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark survived.

Verse ConceptsFlood, TheCovenant, God's with NoahRemnantDeath Of CreaturesGod KillingSole SurvivorsDeath Of Other GroupsGod Killing All People

But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and domestic animals that were with him in the ark. God caused a wind to blow over the earth and the waters receded.

Verse ConceptsFlood, TheCovenant, God's with NoahMemoriesWindAnimals, Care ForDivine RemembranceGod Dispensing WindGod Remembering His PeopleWaters SubsidingNoah's Flood

The fountains of the deep and the floodgates of heaven were closed, and the rain stopped falling from the sky.

Verse ConceptsFlood, TheSkyDivine RestraintsWindows Of HeavenSealing ThingsThe Sea StilledFloods

The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Now Ham was the father of Canaan.)

These were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated.

Verse ConceptsThree ChildrenAncestorsThe RainbowRainbow

Shem and Japheth took the garment and placed it on their shoulders. Then they walked in backwards and covered up their father's nakedness. Their faces were turned the other way so they did not see their father's nakedness.

Verse ConceptsShouldersCoveringCovering The BodySonsClothing OthersOuter GarmentsBackwardsNot Seeing PeopleDads

This is the account of Noah's sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.

Verse ConceptsNationalismNoahNoah's FloodFloods

The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

Verse ConceptsGog and Magog

The sons of Gomer were Askenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittim, and the Dodanim.

From these the coastlands of the nations were separated into their lands, every one according to its language, according to their families, by their nations.

Verse ConceptsClansLanguages ConfusedCoastlandsLanguages SeparatedIdentity

The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

Verse ConceptsEthiopiaDescendants of

The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.

The primary regions of his kingdom were Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar.

Verse ConceptsBabylonThe Kingdom Of Others

Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites. Eventually the families of the Canaanites were scattered

Verse ConceptsScattering The Peoples

And sons were also born to Shem (the older brother of Japheth), the father of all the sons of Eber.

Verse ConceptsAncestors

The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

Verse ConceptsAssyria, Facts Of

The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother's name was Joktan.

Verse ConceptsContinentsTwo SonsPeople With Apt Names

Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.

Abram traveled through the land as far as the oak tree of Moreh at Shechem. (At that time the Canaanites were in the land.)

Verse ConceptsAbrahamTravelOakswitches

But the land could not support them while they were living side by side. Because their possessions were so great, they were not able to live alongside one another.

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Calling And LifeLiving TogetherPeople Providing

So there were quarrels between Abram's herdsmen and Lot's herdsmen. (Now the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land at that time.)

Verse ConceptsLivestockServants, BadStock KeepingResolving Conflict

(Now the people of Sodom were extremely wicked rebels against the Lord.)

Verse ConceptsSin, Nature OfSodom And GomorrahCitiesYielding To Temptation

In the fourteenth year, Kedorlaomer and the kings who were his allies came and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh Kiriathaim,

Verse ConceptsGiants

Then they attacked En Mishpat (that is, Kadesh) again, and they conquered all the territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who were living in Hazazon Tamar.

A fugitive came and told Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol and Aner. (All these were allied by treaty with Abram.)

Verse ConceptsAlliancesAbraham, Characteristics OfAllegiancesOaksOthers Who FledTelling Of Happenings

After Abram returned from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet Abram in the Valley of Shaveh (known as the King's Valley).

Verse ConceptsCarnageMeeting People

Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the very same day.

Verse ConceptsAt The Same Time

All the men of his household, whether born in his household or bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.

Verse ConceptsGroups Of Slaves

"Out of our way!" they cried, and "This man came to live here as a foreigner, and now he dares to judge us! We'll do more harm to you than to them!" They kept pressing in on Lot until they were close enough to break down the door.

Verse ConceptsSeductionThreateningsSojourningPressingBroken ThingsSuffering From ForeignersWorse

Then they struck the men who were at the door of the house, from the youngest to the oldest, with blindness. The men outside wore themselves out trying to find the door.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesGod BlindingNot Finding

Then Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law who were going to marry his daughters. He said, "Quick, get out of this place because the Lord is about to destroy the city!" But his sons-in-law thought he was ridiculing them.

Verse ConceptsBetrothalMarriage, Customs ConcerningJestingPowerlessnessSkepticismSons In Lawjoking

Early in the morning Abimelech summoned all his servants. When he told them about all these things, they were terrified.

Verse ConceptsMorningSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfGiving InformationThose Who Rose EarlyFearing Other People

Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, as well as his wife and female slaves so that they were able to have children.

Verse ConceptsdiseasesAnswered PrayerPraying For SinnersPraying For Others

(Now Bethuel became the father of Rebekah.) These were the eight sons Milcah bore to Abraham's brother Nahor.

Verse ConceptsEight People

So Abraham secured Ephron's field in Machpelah, next to Mamre, including the field, the cave that was in it, and all the trees that were in the field and all around its border,

Verse ConceptsCaves For Burying

So Abraham's servant went to the house and unloaded the camels. Straw and feed were given to the camels, and water was provided so that he and the men who were with him could wash their feet.

Verse ConceptsBathing, For CleansingGuestsMangersStrawWaterFeet WashingThings StrippedEntering HousesFeeding AnimalsMan Providing WaterClean FeetCare Of Feet

After this, he and the men who were with him ate a meal and stayed there overnight. When they got up in the morning, he said, "Let me leave now so I can return to my master."

Verse ConceptsLeisure, And PastimesEating And DrinkingPeople Sending People

He went out to relax in the field in the early evening. Then he looked up and saw that there were camels approaching.

Verse ConceptsEveningRelationships With Boyfriendphotography

Jokshan became the father of Sheba and Dedan. The descendants of Dedan were the Asshurites, Letushites, and Leummites.

The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.

When the time came for Rebekah to give birth, there were twins in her womb.

Verse ConceptsTwinsWomb

When his brother came out with his hand clutching Esau's heel, they named him Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.

Verse ConceptsHeelsGraspingPeople With Apt NamesTwin Brothers

When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he was almost blind, he called his older son Esau and said to him, "My son!" "Here I am!" Esau replied.

Verse ConceptsBlindness, Causes OfOld Age, DisabilitiesEyes, Affected BydisabilitiesOld Age, Attainment OfVisionWeakness, PhysicalDimness Of VisionBehold Me!Others Summoning

He did not recognize him because his hands were hairy, like his brother Esau's hands. So Isaac blessed Jacob.

Verse ConceptsHairy PeopleNot Recognising PeoplePeople Who Blessed Others

Then Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am deeply depressed because of these daughters of Heth. If Jacob were to marry one of these daughters of Heth who live in this land, I would want to die!"

Verse ConceptsHope, Results Of Its AbsenceMarriage, Restrictions ConcerningWearinessWeariness Of Life

Then Esau realized that the Canaanite women were displeasing to his father Isaac.

Verse ConceptsSeeing SituationsTroubling Individualshumor

He saw in the field a well with three flocks of sheep lying beside it, because the flocks were watered from that well. Now a large stone covered the mouth of the well.

Verse ConceptsThree GroupsBig ThingsStopping Wells

When all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds would roll the stone off the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would put the stone back in its place over the well's mouth.

Verse ConceptsShepherds, As OccupationsGathering CreaturesThe Act Of OpeningOpening PitsStopping WellsRolling

So that day Laban removed the male goats that were streaked or spotted, all the female goats that were speckled or spotted (all that had any white on them), and all the dark-colored lambs, and put them in the care of his sons.

Verse ConceptsBlack AnimalsBlemished CreaturesBlack And WhiteTaking Animals

Then he set up the peeled branches in all the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink. He set up the branches in front of the flocks when they were in heat and came to drink.

Verse ConceptsAnimals MatingWater ContainersPolesSkinning

When the sheep mated in front of the branches, they gave birth to young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.

Verse ConceptsAnimals MatingAnimal ReproductionPolesBlemished CreaturesBlack And WhiteColor

When the stronger females were in heat, Jacob would set up the branches in the troughs in front of the flock, so they would mate near the branches.

Verse ConceptsAnimals MatingStrength Of AnimalsAnimal ReproductionWater ContainersPoles

But if the animals were weaker, he did not set the branches there. So the weaker animals ended up belonging to Laban and the stronger animals to Jacob.

Verse ConceptsStrength Of AnimalsWeak Animals

Jacob heard that Laban's sons were complaining, "Jacob has taken everything that belonged to our father! He has gotten rich at our father's expense!"

Verse ConceptsEnvy, Example OfGetting RichTaking Possessions

So Jacob sent a message for Rachel and Leah to come to the field where his flocks were.

Verse ConceptsOthers Summoning

"Once during breeding season I saw in a dream that the male goats mating with the flock were streaked, speckled, and spotted.

Verse ConceptsAnimals MatingAnimal ReproductionBlemished CreaturesBlack And White

"What have you done?" Laban demanded of Jacob. "You've deceived me and carried away my daughters as if they were captives of war!

Verse ConceptsWhat Do You Do?Those Who Deceived

Jacob was very afraid and upset. So he divided the people who were with him into two camps, as well as the flocks, herds, and camels.

Verse ConceptsWarfare, Strategies InTwo GroupsOwning LivestockHalf Of GroupsFear Of IndividualsPossessing Sheep

He also gave these instructions to the second and third servants, as well as all those who were following the herds, saying, "You must say the same thing to Esau when you meet him.

Verse ConceptsMen's Orders

So the gifts were sent on ahead of him while he spent that night in the camp.

Verse ConceptsCamp, Of IsraelStaying Temporarily

When Jacob heard that Shechem had violated his daughter Dinah, his sons were with the livestock in the field. So Jacob remained silent until they came in.

Verse ConceptsJacob, Life And Character OfRapeIndividuals Being SilentPeople Being Polluted

Now Jacob's sons had come in from the field when they heard the news. They were offended and very angry because Shechem had disgraced Israel by sexually assaulting Jacob's daughter, a crime that should not be committed.

Verse ConceptsLove, And The WorldSexual Sin, Nature OfSorrowRapeNamed People Angry With Others

In three days, when they were still in pain, two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each took his sword and went to the unsuspecting city and slaughtered every male.

Verse ConceptsThe Third Day Of The WeekExterminationDeath Of All MalesPhysical PainTwo SonsPleasurablenessMassacres

So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods that were in their possession and the rings that were in their ears. Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem

Verse ConceptsEarringsOrnamentsRingsForeign ThingsOaksHidden ThingsPutting Away Other Godsjewelry

and they started on their journey. The surrounding cities were afraid of God, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

Verse ConceptsDivine Protection, Examples OfTerror Of Godterrorism

Jacob and all those who were with him arrived at Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.

The sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, as well as Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

Verse ConceptsFirstbornFirstborn Sons

The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.

The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's servant, were Dan and Naphtali.

The sons of Zilpah, Leah's servant, were Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan Aram.

and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These were the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.

These were the names of Esau's sons: Eliphaz, the son of Esau's wife Adah, and Reuel, the son of Esau's wife Basemath.

The sons of Eliphaz were: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.

Timna, a concubine of Esau's son Eliphaz, bore Amalek to Eliphaz. These were the sons of Esau's wife Adah.

Verse ConceptsConcubines

These were the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were the sons of Esau's wife Basemath.

These were the sons of Esau's wife Oholibamah the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon: She bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah to Esau.

Verse ConceptsGrandchildren

These were the chiefs among the descendants of Esau, the sons of Eliphaz, Esau's firstborn: chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz,

Verse ConceptsFirstbornFirstborn Sons